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BWW Review: Odeum Theater Brings Hilarious MST3K WEEKEND to East Greenwich
There's no denying that Rhode Island has numerous venues for exciting entertainment events. There are the big ones that are well-known, like Providence Performing Arts Center and The Vets in downtown Providence. But there are also a number of smaller venues throughout the state, like the Stadium The...
BWW Review: All Hail! Trinity Opens 2015-16 Season with Commendable JULIUS CAESAR
Trinity Repertory Company kicks off its season in style with a smart, gripping production of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar....
BWW Review: Epic Theatre Rules the Yard with THESE RUTHLESS BITCHES
Epic Theatre kicks off their page to stage season with a delightfully catty update to Clare Boothe Luce classic The Women retitled THESE RUTHLESS BITCHES. All of the original themes are still present: loyalty to men, the notion of the Ideal Woman, but everything is slightly sideways in that this r...
BWW Review: Burbage Theatre Company Sings a Beautiful LOVE SONG
Plays, like anything else, come in all shapes and sizes. There are the extra-long, three hour epics. And there are the much shorter forms, such as one-acts, which can sometimes be just as epic. You can certainly craft an exceptional piece of drama in a short period of time, even something as short a...
BWW Review: Head Trick Theatre's Pastorally Pleasing AS YOU LIKE IT
Shakespeare in the park is one of the best parts of summer, and it's exciting that Head Trick Theatre has mounted a production that is affordable, family-friendly and energetic. AS YOU LIKE IT is the perfect outdoor production, and using the beautiful woods of Blackstone Park as its backdrop, and ...
BWW Review: The Thoroughly Satisfying THE BOYS OF ST. MATTHEW'S PRESENT TARTUFFE at Epic Theatre Company
Tartuffe or The Imposter, by Moliere was first performed in 1664, which may make potential theatregoers feel like they are doing something smart and sophisticated on a Friday or Saturday night by attending this production re-dubbed THE BOYS OF ST. MATTHEWS PRESENT TARTUFFE. It's a smart move, to be...
BWW Review: Out Loud Theatre Presents Unique, Fascinating Take on JANE EYRE
Adapting a work of literary fiction into a stage play is always tricky. Especially so if it's something extremely well-known and beloved, something that has stood the test of time, something considered a classic. The novels of the Bronte sisters have been the subject of adaptations many times over, ...
BWW Reviews: Garrison Keillor Brings A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION - THE AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL TOUR to PPAC
There is unquestionably something to be said for reliability and comfort. For things that are familiar to us or make us feel at home. There is something wonderful about that feeling when you are experiencing something that you know so well and have enjoyed so many times before. That feeling that you...
BWW Reviews: Theatre by the Sea Makes a Splash with THE LITTLE MERMAID
Theatre by the Sea continues its 2015 season with a colorful and thoroughly enjoyable production of Disney's THE LITTLE MERMAID. With ocean breezes only steps from the theater doors, Matunuck's stage is the perfect host for this tale of undersea kingdoms, fairy-tale adventures, and the power of tru...
BWW Reviews: 10TH ANNUAL ONE ACT PLAY FESTIVAL at Artists' Exchange
Artists' Exchange is celebrating the 10th anniversary of their One Act Play Festival this summer at Theatre 82 & Cafe in Cranston, Rhode Island. The first wave of the festival began this past weekend, and will continue July 24th and 25th. Featured in the festival are a variety of sixteen original on...
BWW Reviews: See, Reader, See DIE, MOMMIE, DIE at 2nd Story
According to Artistic Director Ed Shea, the two most frequently produced playwrights at 2nd Story Theatre are Moliere and Charles Busch: apparently these people like to laugh. The current offering from Busch is the outrageous DIE, MOMMIE, DIE, which is running in rep with I HATE HAMLET thru August 2...
BWW Reviews: I HATE HAMLET at 2nd Story
I HATE HAMLET by Paul Rudnick is a very funny play being given an excellent production at 2nd Story Theater in Warren. 2nd Story is on a roll of comedies this summer, mostly of the dark variety, but this one has no dark shadows (Well, one shade--the ghost of John Barrymore, but he is a friendly ghos...
BWW Reviews: Ocean State Theatre Company Sings Out with Glorious GYPSY
While it seems that some musicals are constantly produced and have been seen by every theatergoer alive, others seem more elusive. For example, there's no good explanation for why so many people have mentioned recently that they've never seen the musical Gypsy. 'Oh, I know the songs,' they all say. ...
BWW Reviews: Excellent, Elegant MY FAIR LADY Graces the Stage at Theatre by the Sea
Theatre by the Sea's MY FAIR LADY is a must-see production. Not only is it a jewel of the summer season, it is easily one of the best pieces of theater in Rhode Island so far this year....
BWW Reviews: VENUS IN FUR at 2nd Story Theater
2nd Story Theater is currently offering an excellent production of VENUS IN FUR by David Ives in its intimate, seventy seat Downstage. Let's not bury the lead: the play itself, the cast, the set, the lighting, the costumes and the props are all terrific, but what really makes this work is an outstan...
Broadway Tour of KINKY BOOTS Brings Perfect Musical Magic to PPAC
Plays and musicals have, since the very beginning, found ways to get us to face important issues and problems in new and surprising ways. Musicals, esepcailly, can be unexpected in how they bring together a story that, in the end, is wonderfully relatable, human and filled with emotional and importa...
BWW Reviews: SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE Swings and Shimmies into Theatre By The Sea
Smokey Joe's Cafe, the longest running musical revue in Broadway history, kicks of the summer season at Theatre by the Sea. The show is a solid and energetic spectacle, but drags in certain sections, and seems hemmed in by the small size of the stage and the sound of the live band....
BWW Reviews: Epic Theatre's Season Closes with Suprisingly Safe ORLANDO
Issues surrounding gender and gender equality have always been important and deserving of attention and discussion. At this moment, these issues seem to be especially at the forefront of our conversations across this country and beyond. It seems like the perfect moment for a play that focuses on the...
BWW Reviews: The Sidesplitting and Strange MELANCHOLY PLAY: A CHAMBER MUSICAL at Trinity Rep
Melancholy Play: A Chamber Musical, begins as one might expect-- with a song about being melancholy. Set in what looks like the aftermath of a New Year's eve party with gold tinsel strewn about the floor, and a sad, saggy banner on the back wall. Our five characters regale the audience a song of mel...
BWW Reviews: Wilbury Group Ends Season with Spectacular, Must-See NEXT TO NORMAL
Some great musicals are great because they take us to another time, another place, perhaps another world entirely, one unrecognizable and filled with magic and fantasy. Others are great because they offer us a realistic and recognizable image of our own lives, a mirror in which we see our struggles,...
BWW Reviews: Monsters Among Us at Mixed Magic Theatre's FRANKENSTEIN
There is a very famous episode of the classic TV show The Twilight Zone called 'The Monsters are Due on Maple Street.' The episode dramatizes the concepts of how and why people might in fact turn into monsters. It demands that the viewer ask 'who are the real monsters?' and 'is it us?' These sorts o...
BWW Reviews: Family Dysfunction Brought to Life in Epic Theatre's ABSALOM
Family dynamics and dysfunction are well-worn territory for writers, artists, singers and all other creative types. Themes that run through family dramas are among the most universal themes a writer can employ. They are the stories that we all experience, instantly recognizable and relatable. In her...
BWW Reviews: 2nd Story Offers Very ENTERTAINING MR. SLOAN
ENTERTAING MR. SLOAN by Joe Orton, the latest entry in the grim comedy sweepstakes currently going on at 2nd Story Theater in Warren, is a funny plays made with gruesome ingredients. When the audience takes its seat, it is greeted by Trevor Elliot's set--a simple, orderly middle class living room, w...
BWW Reviews: Counter-Productions Stages Intense, Captivating RICHARD III
Counter-Productions Theatre Company's excellent staging of William Shakespeare's RICHARD III is a performance not to be missed. CPTC's RICHARD comes to life in AS220's Black Box theater, a cozy, intimate space utilized brilliantly by the company....
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The Hope of Loving: Music for Chorus, String Quartet, and Piano Grace Episcopal Church (5/31-5/31) |
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Irving Berlin's White Christmas The Firebarn: Little Theatre of Fall River (12/03-12/13) |
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Newport Comedy Series Newport Elks Lodge #104 (6/06-6/06) |
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Art The Little Theater Of Fall River (8/20-8/30) |
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Weird Al Yankovic Providence Performing Arts Center (7/14-7/14) |
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Burbage Theatre Co presents MEASURE FOR MEASURE, Shakespeare's darkest comedy Burbage Theatre Company (5/14-6/07) |
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Little Women The Arctic Playhouse (10/01-10/18) |
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Deathtrap The Firebarn: Little Theatre of Fall River (10/15-10/25) |
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A Christmas Carol The Arctic Playhouse (12/03-12/20) |
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The Hope of Loving: Music for Chorus, String Quartet, and Piano Saint Mary of the Bay (5/30-5/30) |
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